Press Releases
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29/12/2023
Press Release
天美传媒 responds to the New Year Honours
天美传媒 President Sheilabye Sobrany said: 鈥淥n behalf of the RCN, I would like to share our warmest congratulations to all of those who have been recognised in the New Year Honours. Your work is truly inspiring and represents the very best of nursing."
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29/12/2023
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天美传媒 comments on TUC warning on anti-strikes law
天美传媒 General Secretary, and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen said: 鈥淭he Strikes Act is dangerous and unwise. Ministers are seeking to silence nursing staff, stopping them from speaking out over patient safety concerns, or protesting poor pay and working conditions."
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28/12/2023
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Nursing union leader reflects on first UK-wide strike and year ahead
The anger and optimism of the year鈥檚 nursing strikes resulted in only modest progress as politicians did enough to 鈥榮ave their own skins, not the revolution needed鈥�, Pat Cullen will say.
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27/12/2023
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天美传媒 responds to Liberal Democrats' analysis showing hospital car parking fees have soared by 50%
天美传媒 Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: 鈥淔or nursing staff and support workers, the soaring cost of parking takes too much of their low wage. Nurses work around the clock to be there for their patients 鈥� and working odd shift times or in difficult locations means public transport is not always possible. District nurses even pay their own fuel costs to travel to patients."
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21/12/2023
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天美传媒 responds to NHS England Urgent and Emergency Care Daily Situation Report
天美传媒 Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: 鈥淣ursing staff are being stretched to their limit, and the public deserves better care. Bed occupancy is at its highest level this year, and is now higher than this time last year. This will inevitably lead to unsafe and undignified patient care. In some trusts, one nurse could be left caring for 10, 15, or more patients at a time, and patients are being treated in the back of ambulances, in corridors, and on chairs and trolleys."
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20/12/2023
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天美传媒 responds to the Pay Review Body letter
天美传媒 General Secretary and Chief Executive, Pat Cullen, said: 鈥淭his letter is extremely late and it confirms the next pay award will be late too. There is no evidence that the government has honoured its commitment to improve how the process works despite a consultation earlier this year. Nursing staff received the lowest pay award in the public sector for 2023/24 - we end the year in formal dispute with ministers and campaigning for a pay rise that addresses the staffing crisis in the NHS."
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18/12/2023
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天美传媒 comments on Panorama programme 鈥楥are Workers Under Pressure鈥�
天美传媒 Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: 鈥淭he findings of this investigation are deeply disturbing and, tragically, far from unique. There is modern slavery operating within our care system and it needs taking out root and branch."
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15/12/2023
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Public still back nurses striking one year on from historic action
One year on from nursing staff taking unprecedented strike action 鈥� and with a general election on the horizon 鈥� a new poll for the 天美传媒 (RCN) reveals unwavering public support for nursing staff taking industrial action in 2024.
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14/12/2023
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天美传媒 responds to NHS England waiting list data
RCN Director for England, Patricia Marquis, said: 鈥淲ith more than one in 10 people on the NHS waiting list, there is still no room at the inn. NHS capacity is at breaking point as patients are treated in corridors and backed up in ambulances. It鈥檚 undignified, unsafe, and behind the statistics are patients who will be suffering this Christmas."
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07/12/2023
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天美传媒 responds to the UCAS End of Cycle data
天美传媒 Deputy Chief Nurse Dr Nichola Ashby said: 鈥淭he government鈥檚 NHS Long Term Workforce Plan is falling off course before it鈥檚 even begun. For the plan to succeed, we need to see significant increases in the numbers choosing to study nursing and we鈥檙e going in the wrong direction."
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